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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 29, 2016Creek County, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2016, 6:02 PM CDT for Creek County, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 29, 2016, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Creek County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 29, 1:57 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 87 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -903 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 632 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 239 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 348 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 9.0

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The text

As transmitted.

045 
WUUS54 KTSA 292302
SVRTSA
OKC037-107-292345-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0099.160429T2302Z-160429T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
602 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  OKFUSKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHWESTERN CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 602 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF
  LITTLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  OKEMAH...                         OKFUSKEE...
  BOLEY...                          WELEETKA...
  PADEN...                          BEARDEN...
  SLICK...                          CASTLE...
  CLEARVIEW...                      WELTY...
  MASON...                          

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 212 AND
228.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3569 9662 3584 9629 3530 9609 3529 9644
      3546 9644 3546 9647 3543 9650 3545 9655
      3544 9657 3541 9654 3539 9654 3541 9658
      3540 9662
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 252DEG 39KT 3536 9675 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

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1 follow-up statement

943 
WWUS54 KTSA 292323
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
623 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

OKC037-292332-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-160429T2345Z/
CREEK OK-
623 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CREEK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3554 9662 3564 9621 3530 9609 3529 9644
      3546 9644 3546 9647 3543 9650 3545 9655
      3544 9657 3541 9654 3539 9654 3541 9658
      3540 9662
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 259DEG 31KT 3537 9656 

$$

OKC107-292345-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-160429T2345Z/
OKFUSKEE OK-
623 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR OKFUSKEE COUNTY...

AT 622 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
CROMWELL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
         CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO 
         MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
OKEMAH...                         OKFUSKEE...
BOLEY...                          WELEETKA...
PADEN...                          BEARDEN...
CASTLE...                         CLEARVIEW...
MASON...                          

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 212 AND
229.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3554 9662 3564 9621 3530 9609 3529 9644
      3546 9644 3546 9647 3543 9650 3545 9655
      3544 9657 3541 9654 3539 9654 3541 9658
      3540 9662
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 259DEG 31KT 3537 9656 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 3:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw	31 min
Apr 29, 3:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	45 min
Apr 29, 4:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	34 min
Apr 29, 4:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	47 min
Apr 29, 6:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	3 hr
Apr 29, 8:46 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Pushmataha	37 hr
Apr 29, 2:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	51 min
Apr 29, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	33 min
Apr 29, 3:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	23 min
Apr 29, 3:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	24 min
Apr 29, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	44 min
Apr 29, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	23 min
Apr 29, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	33 min
Apr 29, 4:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	33 min
Apr 29, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Sequoyah	49 min
Apr 29, 4:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	32 min
Apr 29, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	29 min
Apr 29, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	22 min
Apr 29, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	24 min
Apr 29, 5:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee	42 min
Apr 29, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Rogers, Tulsa	25 min
Apr 29, 5:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	25 min
Apr 29, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah	20 min
Apr 29, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	27 min
Apr 29, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Wagoner	41 min
Apr 29, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	19 min
Apr 29, 6:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	15 min
Apr 29, 6:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	25 min
Apr 29, 6:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	38 min
Apr 29, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	31 min
Apr 29, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	31 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.